Should Pro's be seperated from Sportsman

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Queball Lattie

Maybe if Comp, Super Stock, and Stock went back to racing off the National record the fans would be more interested. Racing to 1000 feet is not interesting to the fans because they don't understand about saving your index. This would take class racing back to "Go fast or go home".

And then we'd just have new cars, and a few odd ball combos. And deepest pockets win

[69ss/rs]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Which means what, exactly? Many racers didn't support IHRA when they were at their strongest and were doing everything the racers said they wanted.


Didn't most people pitch a fit years ago when they separated the Sportsmen from Gainesville and sent them to finish up at Orlando?

Mike, the difference is the ones that want to race and the ones that have image problems. Like you said when IHRA was strong I preferred running IHRA than I did NHRA. One of the main things I liked was that when they had you on the schedule to run, that almost always within an hour of that time you where going down the track. They didn't give preference to the Pros over the sportsmen. Plus for some reason it seemed that you where not rushed like they do in NHRA. They also made you fill like your opinion meant something. You will always have those that will drive by an IHRA race to go to an NHRA race an get treated like crap, but what can you do ; some people just don't see the forest for the trees. Where else could anybody just show up at a national event, join the sanctioning body and the race in the same day. I may be in a minority, but I could give a sh-t if Top Fuel and Funny cars are left out of the mix.

[Queball Lattie]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

And then we'd just have new cars, and a few odd ball combos. And deepest pockets win

But the fastest car would win. Then Super Stock and Stock would not be a bracket race anymore.

[Doug McCue]

with all the rules NHRA has been putting into class racing, will street racing become more prominent?

[442OLDS]

Originally Posted by 69ss/rs

Mike, the difference is the ones that want to race and the ones that have image problems. Like you said when IHRA was strong I preferred running IHRA than I did NHRA. One of the main things I liked was that when they had you on the schedule to run, that almost always within an hour of that time you where going down the track. They didn't give preference to the Pros over the sportsmen. Plus for some reason it seemed that you where not rushed like they do in NHRA. They also made you fill like your opinion meant something. You will always have those that will drive by an IHRA race to go to an NHRA race an get treated like crap, but what can you do ; some people just don't see the forest for the trees.

The very first IHRA National event that I ever attended had some rain.After they dried the track,they went right into the PROs.(skipped the Sportsman)This was when they actually had PROs.

And IHRA can treat you like crap too.They actually would not let me pit with my parents,because we "didn't arrive together".

With the contingency of today's IHRA,you could WIN the race and probably still not break even for the weekend.

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Originally Posted by Queball Lattie

But the fastest car would win. Then Super Stock and Stock would not be a bracket race anymore.

Jimmy Defrank just had to go through 4 heads-up rounds to win his race this year. Latino had a heads up in the final to win his. Every time one of these races happen the difference between bracket racing and class emerges. Those situations don't appear in Bracket racing....ever. That is exactly why stock/superstock combo's don't appeal to many stock/superstock racers. The lack of heads-up possibilities turns them off.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by 442OLDS

The very first IHRA National event that I ever attended had some rain.After they dried the track,they went right into the PROs.(skipped the Sportsman)This was when they actually had PROs.

And IHRA can treat you like crap too.They actually would not let me pit with my parents,because we "didn't arrive together".

With the contingency of today's IHRA,you could WIN the race and probably still not break even for the weekend.

IHRA always had a published schedule, specifcally stating the times that Pro sessions ran. That's not 'treating you like crap', it's following an explicit published schedule. Have they always been perfect? I don't think anyone has. One thing with Bader was he always told what a decision was and WHY it was made.

Didn't allow saving of spots? Good! I always hear people holler about all the roping off of multiple spots at NHRA events. Again, IHRA had a published policy. If I couldn't park 'here', I park somewhere else. Not a big deal.

Contingency? Refer to previous post. NHRA contingency is lower now than IHRA was 10 years ago. We and the sanctioning bodies should be kissing the feet of every sponsor out there. Where might NHRA be in 10 years?

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Jeff Niceswanger

Jimmy Defrank just had to go through 4 heads-up rounds to win his race this year. Latino had a heads up in the final to win his. Every time one of these races happen the difference between bracket racing and class emerges. Those situations don't appear in Bracket racing....ever. That is exactly why stock/superstock combo's don't appeal to many stock/superstock racers. The lack of heads-up possibilities turns them off.

Then they should come to the Bowling Green combo races. We can, and do, have heads up races.

[442OLDS]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Didn't allow saving of spots? Good! I always hear people holler about all the roping off of multiple spots at NHRA events. Again, IHRA had a published policy. If I couldn't park 'here', I park somewhere else. Not a big deal.

Will friends/family be allowed to pit together at the upcoming CLASSNATIONALS event you are promoting if they don't "arrive together"?

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Then they should come to the Bowling Green combo races. We can, and do, have heads up races.

Your right Alan, and look at your car counts!